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template&lt;
      bool c
    , typename T1
    , typename T2
    &gt;
struct <a href="./if-c.html" class="identifier">if_c</a>
{
    typedef <em>unspecified</em> type;
};
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<p>Returns one of its two arguments, <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">T1</span></tt> or <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">T2</span></tt>, depending on the value of
integral constant <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">c</span></tt>. <tt class="literal"><span class="pre"><a href="./if-c.html" class="identifier">if_c</a>&lt;c,t1,t2&gt;::type</span></tt> is a shorcut notation for
<tt class="literal"><span class="pre"><a href="./if.html" class="identifier">if_</a>&lt;</span> <span class="pre"><a href="./bool.html" class="identifier">bool_</a>&lt;c&gt;,t1,t2</span> <span class="pre">&gt;::type</span></tt>.</p>
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#include &lt;<a href="../../../../boost/mpl/if.hpp" class="header">boost/mpl/if.hpp</a>&gt;
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<tr><td><tt class="literal"><span class="pre">c</span></tt></td>
<td>An integral constant</td>
<td>A selection condition.</td>
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<td>Types to select from.</td>
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<p>For any integral constant <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">c</span></tt> and arbitrary types <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">t1</span></tt>, <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">t2</span></tt>:</p>
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typedef <a href="./if-c.html" class="identifier">if_c</a>&lt;c,t1,t2&gt;::type t;
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typedef <a href="./if-c.html" class="identifier">if_c</a>&lt;true,char,long&gt;::type t1;
typedef <a href="./if-c.html" class="identifier">if_c</a>&lt;false,char,long&gt;::type t2;

<a href="./assert.html" class="identifier">BOOST_MPL_ASSERT</a>(( is_same&lt;t1, char&gt; ));
<a href="./assert.html" class="identifier">BOOST_MPL_ASSERT</a>(( is_same&lt;t2, long&gt; ));
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// allocates space for an object of class T on heap or &quot;inplace&quot;
// depending on its <a href="./size.html" class="identifier">size</a>
template&lt; typename T &gt; struct lightweight
{
    // ...
    typedef typename <a href="./if-c.html" class="identifier">if_c</a>&lt;
          sizeof(T) &lt;= sizeof(T*)
        , inplace_storage&lt;T&gt;
        , heap_storage&lt;T&gt;
        &gt;::type impl_t;

    impl_t impl;
};
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